On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 09:44:44 +0100, hamis...@live.co.uk said: > so has anyone experienced cron jobs sporadically (kind of randomly) not > running when they're meant to?
No, never (and I've been using Linux since the early 90s, and UNIX before that). Set up your cron jobs so that the command is: [...] your-command 2>&1 | /usr/bin/logger -t 'my cronjob' Then take a look in your syslog files after the cron job has apparently not run. Linux Tips: https://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/category/techtips/ -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-10-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
